"A Norwegian Chandler." —Jo Nesbø "Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors. Operating out of Bergen in Norway, his private eye, Varg Veum, is a complex but engaging anti-hero. Varg means 'wolf' in Norwegian, and this is a series with very sharp teeth." —Ian Rankin, author, Resurrection Men "Raymond Chandler fans won't want to miss this one." — Publishers Weekly starred review of Wolves at the Door "Terrific. . . .Like Raymond Chandler, Staalesen creates intense emotion through dialogue and description, but his altogether Norwegian focus forces home a substantial social message: ignoring the past is inevitably tragic." —Publishers Weekly starred review of Big Sister "Staalesen follows the hard-boiled PI tradition, as shown by the stunning 18th entry in his series." —Publishers Weekly starred review of Where Roses Never Die "[S]tellar . . . Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society." —Publishers Weekly starred review of Wolves in the Dark "Mr. Staalesen's latest—ably translated by Don Bartlett —employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic twist." —Wall Street Journal on Wolves in the Dark
Bergen Private Investigator Varg Veum is perplexed when two wildly different cases cross his desk at the same time. A lawyer, anxious to protect her privacy, asks Varg to find her sister, who has disappeared with her husband, seemingly without trace, while a ship carrying unknown cargo is heading towards the Norwegian coast, and the authorities need answers. Varg immerses himself in the investigations, and it becomes clear that the two cases are linked, and have unsettling - and increasingly uncanny - similarities to events that took place 36 years earlier, when a woman and her saxophonist lover drove their car off a cliff, in an apparent double suicide. As Varg is drawn into a complex case involving star-crossed lovers, toxic waste and illegal immigrants, history seems determined to repeat itself in perfect detail . . . and at terrifying cost . . .
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Bergen Private Investigator Varg Veum is perplexed when two wildly different cases cross his desk at the same time. A lawyer, anxious to protect her privacy, asks Varg to find her sister, who has disappeared with her husband, seemingly without trace, while a ship carrying unknown cargo is heading towards the Norwegian coast, and the authorities need answers. Varg immerses himself in the investigations, and it becomes clear that the two cases are linked, and have unsettling - and increasingly uncanny - similarities to events that took place 36 years earlier, when a woman and her saxophonist lover drove their car off a cliff, in an apparent double suicide. As Varg is drawn into a complex case involving star-crossed lovers, toxic waste and illegal immigrants, history seems determined to repeat itself in perfect detail . . . and at terrifying cost . . .
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| BN ID: | 2940159248930 |
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| Publisher: | Oakhill Publishing |
| Publication date: | 08/31/2023 |
| Series: | Varg Veum Series , #25 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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